Template:Did you know nominations/Acala Ch'ol

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:06, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Acala Ch'ol

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... that the Acala Maya were wiped out by the Spanish after they killed two Dominican friars, and within 165 years their existence had been forgotten?
Alt1....that the Acala Maya were hunted by the Spanish after they killed two Dominican friars in 1559, and within 165 years they had disappeared completely?

Created by Simon Burchell (talk). Self nominated at 07:52, 8 July 2014 (UTC).

Reviewed: Kentrosaurus.
New enough, long enough (prose 1728 characters), sources are verifiable (if you have JSTOR access, or speak Spanish). Hook is interesting. There are four references. Two are in Spanish and were not reviewed. A single reference (Thompson, 1966) is linked to all the information relevant to the hook. The hook says “wiped out” (the article says “extinguished”) but the source says “disappeared completely” (p. 40). I guess to me “wiped out” =/= “disappeared completely.” Alternate modified hook suggested. Fairly new at reviewing DYK, not sure which check-mark to use...--Godot13 (talk) 01:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. If you read the source ref for the hook (and it looks like you did) then use {{subst:DYKtick}}; if you didn't manage to access the source ref then use {{subst:DYKtickAGF}}. Note that I shouldn't be using the same wording as the ref, unless I'm directly quoting. I prefer the original hook, because the Acala weren't just wiped out; they were wiped out so thoroughly that no-one even knew that they had existed. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 06:45, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

for the content. I have reservations about the wording, but not enough to object to the hook.--Godot13 (talk) 00:45, 10 July 2014 (UTC)